Level 4: Low Intermediate English 4A

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Program Overview: This course is part of a nine level Intensive English program designed to increase the participantís proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing English. Each level contains two 72-hour courses which must be taken in consecutive order. Both courses within a level must be completed before moving up to the next level.

ACTFL Language Level Description: Speakers at this level are able to successfully handle a limited number of uncomplicated communicative tasks by creating with the language in predictable social situations. Conversation is restricted to some of the concrete exchanges and predictable topics necessary for survival in the target language culture. These topics relate to basic personal information covering, for example, self and family, some daily activities and personal preferences, as well as to some immediate needs, such as ordering food and making simple purchases. At the Low Intermediate level, speakers produce discrete sentences mostly in the present tense, and are primarily reactive and struggle to answer direct questions or requests for information, but they are also able to ask a few appropriate questions.

Course Description: Level 4: Low Intermediate English is comprised of two courses designed to transition from basic to intermediate-level classroom communication for students who are able to create language in predictable social situations. In 4A, students will learn to understand and use past and future verb tenses. They will learn to handle a variety of verbal communicative tasks in straightforward social situations, especially conversation about predictable and concrete exchanges necessary for survival in the United States. They will learn to respond to direct questions or requests for information, ask questions to satisfy basic needs including topics related to self, family, home, daily activities, interests, and personal preferences, as well as physical and social needs, such as food, shopping, travel, and lodging. They will also learn to comprehend simple, sentence-length speech in a variety of basic personal and social contexts, understand short reading texts that convey basic information and deal with basic personal and social topics, and meet a number of practical writing needs, such as requests for information about personal preferences and basic compositions and daily routines, common events, and other personal topics.

Student Learning Outcomes: - Understand and use past and future verb tenses at the low-intermediate level.
- Write short, well-organized paragraphs in present and future time using correct formatting with correct punctuation and capitalization and appropriate transition signals.
- Demonstrate increasing ability to:
* Read straightforward text to recognize sequential events, guess meaning based on context clues, and restate and categorize information on familiar topics.
* Identify or summarize the main ideas, major details and keywords from recorded speech, infer meaning, and answer follow-up questions.
* Present simple information in a prepared or spontaneous speech or a simple summary of an oral report, respond appropriately to daily life situations, and support an opinion.
* Identify and produce phonemes, stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns in single words and full sentences in a manner appropriate for the low-intermediate level.

Prerequisite(s): You must complete High Beginner English 3B or must take an English Placement test before you can register for this course.

To Register: For details or to enroll today, please contact the Client Service Center at 407-582-6688.

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